Eva Stimson Clark

When Choosing What to Vow

June 5th – 27th, 2026

This body of work explores stitching on cardboard as both a material process and a way of organising thought. Built from fragments, the surfaces evoke digital glitches, yet remain grounded in tactile labour. Much of the cardboard retains its original printed surface—glossy, consistent, and commercially produced—while sections of hand-painted material introduce matte, irregular passages where brushstrokes remain visible. This interplay between found and authored surfaces creates a tension between uniformity and gesture, system and intervention.

Through layering, piercing, and repetition, the works shift beyond collage into constructed fields that feel both architectural and unstable. Each composition forms around a compressed zone of colour and energy that appears to pulse. Threads bind the surface with precision and force; every puncture is deliberate, an act of anchoring against dispersal. Yet the edges resist containment, lifting and extending as if under pressure.

Light activates these contrasts, moving between glossy print and matte paint so the surface vibrates between cohesion and disruption. What emerges is not decoration but a dynamic structure: organised chaos shaped through rhythm, insistence, and alteration.

Working with discarded materials, Eva constructs a visual language from debris. The act of assembling becomes a way to process fragmentation—externalising disorder so it can be confronted, mapped, and momentarily held. In this space, making operates as both resistance and repair: a method for holding form, while allowing energy to move through it.